Eastleigh, Hampshire 2 August 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, scaly when viewed with a hand lens, sometimes radially cracking, yellow, yellow brown to orange brown, to about 5 cm across Gills Crowded, pale brown to yellow brown, darker with age Stem Cylindrical to broader at the apex, fibrous, white to pale ochracous Flesh Firm, pale Smell Indistinct Season Summer to early winter Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat On soil with deciduous trees Spore Print Yellow brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond shaped, smooth (6.5-8.5) x (4-5) µm2. Basidia clavate, four spored. Gill edge cystidia spindle shaped, apex blunt, often with crystals at the apex, and clavate. Pleurocystidia spindle shaped, apex blunt, often with crystals at the apex. Stem cystidia clavate to balloon shaped. Cap cuticle filamentous. Edibility Unknown Notes The identify of the specimens shown was confirmed by DNA sequencing carried out by Eric Janke in collaboration with the BMS. The Genbank accession number is OQ133556. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. Eastleigh, Hampshire 2 August 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. Eastleigh, Hampshire 2 August 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. Eastleigh, Hampshire 2 August 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. Eastleigh, Hampshire 2 August 2023. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |